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Sep 13, 2014

The Battle for Medina Tri - Campaign Update Week 2

Allright! Welcome to the summary of week 2! Very exciting week as we had our first battle!

But first let's see what happened on the map part of the campaign.

The Map

The Black Legion moved boldly towards the middle and also reinforced the army with both a Warpsmith and a Maulerfiend as well as some extra cultists boosting them to a respectable number.
The Eldar on the other hand, being rather safe in their corner due to the neighbours minding their own business went for a massive economy boost. The Eldar will have a lot of income going forward. The army also moved towards the middle, turning away from the earlier aggressive path.
The Space Wolves bolstered their numbers with a shiny new Stormwolf as well as a couple of extra Terminators, and then also upgraded with harvesters to catch up with the rest of the field in terms of economy, but stayed put in their lair.
The Orks took a similar path as Chaos, by both adding forces and striding towards the middle. Nobs in a Battle Wagon arrived to the front! As it turns out the Sisters of Battle had a similar course, and both armies found themselves right next to each other within attacking distance! The Sisters also decided to save most of their credits this turn, perhaps wise considering the coming fight? You can read more details about the battle HERE or if you want the raw version as noted by the Eldar-player you can click HERE. A summary will follow below!
Last were the Blood Angels who went for a defensive move, returning to base, perhaps to gather reinforcements next turn? Because they also decided to spend all their credits on Factories so they will have a mighty economy next round!

The Armies

And here we have the state of the armies before the battle was fought!

The Battles
So we had the first battle this week between the Orks and the Adepta Sororitas! They chose to play the Crusade Mission, and had a go where the Orks had a points advantage from the get go. The full battle report you can read HERE or if you want the raw version as noted by the Eldar-player you can click HERE. (Note; for some reason the Orks are more literate than the Eldar in this campaign!)
In short, the Orks let loose a mighty WAAAAGH and surged forward, and despite a valiant effort the Battle Sisters couldn't hold on and ended up taking some heavy casualties. Most notable being one of the Exorcists was beyond salvation (perhaps looted by the Orks?) and the Deathcult Assassins severely decimated. The Orks in turn lost their Warbikers, but their Big Mek survived so he can surely build new ones without any problems at all.
As the Adepta Sororitas lost the day, they chose to retreat to the middle (two hexes with the same distance from their HQ so they get to chose which one), a smart move as the Eldar are close by perhaps looking to pick on the wounded... The Orks meanwhile consolidates their new territory, joining Chaos and Eldar as the currently biggest empires.